Kobe Bryant's Lakers shock mighty Warriors

HUG. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers hugs Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors at the end of the basketball game at Staples Center. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/AFP

Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Lakers posted one of the biggest upsets of the NBA season Sunday with an unlikely 112-95 victory over the reigning league champion Golden State Warriors.

Pre-game hype Sunday was all about Kobe Bryant's final contest against the Warriors, but the crowd of 19,000 at Staples Center arena got more than they wished for with a rare win by the cellar-dwelling Lakers.

Golden State played without forward Andre Iguodala, who had an injured left hamstring.

Rockets jettison host Raptors

James Harden tallied a game-high 40 points as the Houston Rockets ended a couple of significant streaks with a 113-107 victory over the host Toronto Raptors.

The Rockets not only snapped the Raptors' 12-game home winning streak but they won in Toronto for the first time in nine games.

Harden had 20 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter as the Rockets erased an 85-77, third-quarter deficit to avoid a second consecutive loss overall.

Corey Brewer came off the bench to score 23 points and Dwight Howard added 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Toronto was led by 21 points from Luis Scola. DeMar DeRozan added 19 points and seven assists while Kyle Lowry had 17 points and nine assists

Augustin lifts Nuggets over Mavs

D.J. Augustin hit two free throws with nine-tenths of a second left in overtime to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 116-114 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Augustin scored eight of his 12 points in the extra period. Kenneth Faried had 25 points and a season-high 20 rebounds, and Will Barton scored 20 for the Nuggets, who rallied from four down in the last 10 seconds of regulation to force overtime.

Germany's Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points and Deron Williams had 17 for the Mavericks, who lost their second straight game.